Bahujan Shakti Party
बहुजन शक्ति पार्टी
PresidentBiswendra Paswan[1]
IdeologyHuman rights
Social equality[2]
Secularism
Social justice[3]
Self respect[4]

Bahujan Shakti Party is a political party in Nepal led by Vishwendra Paswan.[5]

History

In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, the party won 1 seat through the Proportional Representation vote.[6]

The party was continuent of the NC-UML alliance.[7] As of 2013, its independent in Constituent Assembly.

Bahujan Shakti Party won 1 seat in 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election.[8]

Ideology

The Bahujan Shakti Party rejected in September the proposed 2015 Constitution stating that it did not provide rights to 85% of communities (that are marginalised by 15% Highest caste Hindus) in Nepal (Bahujan Samaj of Nepal).[9][10] For ensuring rights to 85% Bahujan Samaj of Nepal in new Constitution of Nepal, Biswendra Paswan sat on Hunger strike.[1] The demands in agendas of his agitation are:[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "PM Koirala urges CA member Paswan to break his hunger strike". The Himalayan Times. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  2. ^ "BSP stands for social equality". Deccan Herald. 11 February 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  3. ^ "Cong damaged cause of social justice: Mayawati". Hindustan Times. 10 April 2009. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  4. ^ "Ms. Mayawati said she would devote her life for the self-respect movement". The Hindu.
  5. ^ "Maximum flexibility to be adopted for new constitution-PM Koirala". My Republica. 9 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  6. ^ Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Way, The (16 January 2015). "The Brief » Blog Archive » CA dwells on CPDCC report". Nepali Times. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Voting on amendment proposals begin". The Himalayan Times. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  9. ^ Varghese, Anil (17 September 2015). "Nepal Dalit leader says Modi's stress on consensus has meant dilution in draft constitution". Scroll.in. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Nepal's opposition parties rejects proposals on Constitution". timesofindia-economictimes. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Paswan's health deteriorating, doctors advice him for ICU care". The Kathmandu Post. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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